stairwell
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He slipped on the back steps last winter, and we both pretended it didn’t scare us, but he could have just as easily slipped on another stairwell.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 24, 2026
The front section, which was more intact, had an anchor, a windlass and a stairwell feature consistent with the liner.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
Both men fell into the atrium stairwell at the Galeon Playa Apartments in the resort town of Costa Teguise after a night out.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
At the bottom of a stairwell, the complaint alleges, Truelove spotted Melvin and called out his name.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
They found nothing until an antique frame and a glass box were discovered in a stairwell near the Salon Carré.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
People do put stairlifts into basement stairwells, but the steeper and narrower space can make them trickier and possibly more expensive to install.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026
She’s hauled pigs down apartment stairwells and coaxed them into crates for transport.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 3, 2026
"They pulled many residents out of the building via windows, doors, stuck in stairwells, stuck in elevator shafts."
From Barron's ● Dec. 24, 2025
Splitting into two groups, the police ran up either side of the building seeking to catch dealers in the stairwells.
From BBC ● Dec. 11, 2025
The cat Mr. Klaus prowled the hallways of the Blixen Arms, peeing on the residents' doors and vomiting in the stairwells.
From "Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures" by Kate DiCamillo
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